Ameesha Patel’s hacked Instagram recovered by Maharashtra Cyber

Recently, actress Ameesha Patel’s Instagram account was recovered by Maharashtra Cyber. The development comes after the Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai actress’s social media account was hacked through a phishing attack. 

The actress reportedly informed the police that she received a message purportedly from Instagram about a copyright violation and when she clicked on the link embedded in the message to clarify matters, she was directed to a fake site after which she lost control of her account, said the official.

He further mentioned that Patel lodged a complaint on Monday as the hacker had blocked the account and deleted the contents. “However, we contacted Instagram and got them to reactivate the account with all its contents intact," he said.

"The phishing link was sent from a Netherlands URL while the IP address has been located to Turkey. Actor Sharad Kelkar also lost control over his account in the same manner and efforts are on to recover it," added the police official.

Not long ago, filmmaker Farah Khan and actor Vikrant Massey, Urmila Matondkar’s social media handle were also hacked.